DH_INSTALL(L)               Debhelper               DH_INSTALL(L)



NAME
       dh_install - install files into package build directories

SYNOPSIS
       dh_install [-Xitem] [debhelper options] [file [...] dest]

DESCRIPTION
       dh_install is a debhelper program that handles installing
       files into package build directories. There are many
       dh_install* commands that handle installing specific types
       of files such as documentation, examples, man pages, and
       so on, and they should be used when possible as they often
       have extra intelligence for those particular tasks.
       dh_install, then, is useful for installing everything
       else, for which no particular intelligence is needed. It
       is a replacement for the old dh_movefiles command.

       Files named debian/package.install list the files to
       install into each package and where they should be
       installed to. The format is a set of lines, where each
       line lists a file or files to install, and at the end of
       the line tells the directory it should be installed in.
       The name of the files (or directories) to install should
       be given relative to the current directory, while the
       installation directory is given relative to the package
       build directory. You may use wildcards in the names of the
       files to install (in v3 mode and above).

       This program may be used in one of two ways. If you just
       have a file or two that the upstream Makefile does not
       install for you, you can run dh_install on them to move
       them into place. On the other hand, maybe you have a large
       package that builds multiple binary packages. You can use
       the upstream Makefile to install it all into debian/tmp,
       and then use dh_install to copy directories and files from
       there into the proper package build directories.

OPTIONS
       -Xitem, --exclude=item
           Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their
           filename from being installed.

       --autodest
           Guess as the destination directory to install things
           to. If this is specified, you should not list destina-
           tion directories in debian/package.install files or on
           the command line. Instead, dh_install will guess as
           follows:

           Strip off debian/tmp from the front of the filename,
           of it is present, and install into the dirname of the
           filename. So if the filename is debian/tmp/usr/bin,
           then that directory will be copied to debian/pack-
           age/usr/. If the filename is debian/tmp/etc/passwd, it
           will be copied to debian/package/etc/.

           Note that if you list only a filename on a line by
           itself in a debian/package.install file, with no
           explicit destination, then dh_install will automati-
           cally guess the destination even if this flag is not
           set.

       file [...] dest
           Lists files (or directories) to install and where to
           install them to.  The files will be installed into the
           first package dh_install acts on.

SEE ALSO
       debhelper(r)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR
       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>



4.0.2                       2002-04-16              DH_INSTALL(L)